‘Monkeys in the cockpit’

Hagel: U.S. military ready for ‘all contingencies’ in Syria

Carlo Muñoz The Hill 8/25/2013

The U.S. military is ready to carry out any military action against forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar Assad, should President Obama eventually issue those orders.

“President Obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies. We have […]

Syria’s darkest hour: Hundreds of children’s bodies piled high after nerve gas attack near Damascus leaves up to 1,300 dead

Activists claim 1,300 killed in government rocket strike on residential area If true, it would represent the worst known use of chemical weapons since Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds in the town of Halabja in 1988 Chemical warheads hit suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar They hit just before dawn as families […]

Shame! UNESCO Promotes Syria to Human Rights Position

Daniel Halper The Weekly Standard 11/18/2011

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported yesterday that the UNESCO committee on human rights had accepted Syria as a member:

A short time after UNESCO, the UN’s organization for education and science, accepted the Palestinian Authority as a full member despite strong U.S. and Israeli opposition, it is now Syria’s […]

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